The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17

during his imprisonment, and declares that
the convicts meant no harm, but were fol-
lowing the custom Of the Jail In singing and
shouting on the morning Of the Fourth Of
July.
Telephone subscribers in New England
ought to have little reason to complain OF
defects in the service hereafter. w. j..
Denver, who has been made manager OF the
New England system. have long known as
o thorough electrician. He put in good
part Of lifetime in the service OF the
Western Union, and was one of the first to
see the advantages Of the new invention
when the telephone was introduced to an
admiring world. Mr. Denver dabbled with
the business as O side issue for several
years, and was finally put in charge OF the
system in western Massachusetts, The ac-
curate work he has fostered there is the
guarantee Of what is to be expected in his
larger field. He is an alert man, full Of
vim and technical knowledge
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The Harvard varsity crew will start for
New London Saturday. They DO not pre-
tend to expect victory and only hope that
they will not be far behind Yale at the fin
ish. The crew need hard work, and need
it badly. They are sturdy fellows but
wofully raw and youthful. The makeup has
been slightly improved by substituting
Davis of '89 for Russell of '87. The boys
will have q trial race on the Charles Friday,
entering the regatta Of the New England
rowing association.
predicted in this correspondence not
long ago that it would come: The ball
cranks are already dissatisfied with their
idol, Mike Kelly. The club would prob
ably be tailenders and the managers heav-
lily out of pocket without him, but he
doesn't make a home run everytime he goes
to bat and sometimes he clutches the air in
stead of the ball. So the crowd guy him
and declare that he ought to play in Chel-
sea-and that is Boston's severest condem-
nation. Kelly feels bad over it, and talks
about Boston following Chicago in the
championship race. Radbourn has not
done his best work for two seasons; last
year the catchers were blamed, but the con-
viction is growing that he does not want to,
or cannot, pitch as effectively as he used to.
The Boston management intend to build
q $50, 600 iron grand stand on the ball
grounds next year.
The Confe derates are coming. Robert T..
Lee camp and Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee will be re-
ceived like brethren in arms by John A. An
drew post Thursday, and the word "rebel"
will be tabooed.
Saturday excursions to Lake Walden for
poor children will begin next month; 7OOO
enjoyed tAem last year.
Actor Parks suicide by drowning himself
ia the harbor was deliberately planned.
The sudden outbreak Of CLAW colored Jack
cts on our girls backs is remarkably unani-
nous. The first one came to town on q
bright little aristocrat who landed here on
the first day in May having brought the
spring with her from Bermuda. The case
was closely isolated in a Beacon street house
for a month, but the epidemic was not to be
and, rich and poor, homely and
handsome. hundreds Of neople have it now.
been running such gauntlet of taunts for
many months, and has been rendered SO sui
len and callous by his experience that he
tells his career to everyone who will listen,
and says he shall go to stealing
again if he loses his job. Super
intendant Coolidge has backbone
and it has been well tested by the frequent
notifications from police officers and others
that he is hiring an ex-convict. Some, in
cluding keeper of Concord prison, have
even used threatening language in demand
ing the mans discharge. They have shown
much malicious zeal in this line, but the
driver will stay so long as he does his duty,
and there is position waiting for him in
case of his discharge One of his favorite
e<o ;e <bo b, col
to rob bathers at the beach by fishing for
their clothes with long pole. He was in
the famous revolt against Warden Earle
Sick and bilious headaches and all de-
of stomach and bowels cured
by DR.. Pierce's "Pellets''-Or anti-bilious
granules. 25c vial. No cheap boxes to
allow waste of virtues. By druggists.
The venerable Judge Thurman is eagerly
watched on the streets He is here as coun-
sci in the Bell telephone case.
Powderly's reception Sunday was truly
The knights are devoted to
their leader, if appearances count.
IS.
The 'bill to promote sphyxiation and
endanger the health of the citizens of Athol"
otherwise the bill to allow the use of
water gas in Athol, has been almost unani-
mously endorsed by the house. This is one
of the queerest freaks of the session. 1t
goes well with that other infraction of prin-
c;ples long honored in Massachusetts legisla-
passage of the West End bill
Great is DOODLE
A common phase of the gift enterprise
business was well illustrated the other day.
Coufiding people should note how the ma
chinery works. A certain coffee house was
giving away prizes to its customers. The
shrewd head of a large business establish
ment determined to have one of the plums.
So, writing note on the Office paper with
its imposing head, on which was printed his
own name, he requested the coffee house to
send by messenger pound Of its coffee.
The boy came back with the reply
that 1.-THE man who put up the
coffee wasn't in, but il the boy would
come again at 2 o'clock he should have the
coffee" At o'clock the boy received
package which he was informed contained q
ring. So it did, q cheap one, and
The gift was extensively advertised in the
papers the next day, whereupon many gull
BILE people bought coffee expecting also to
get diamond rings. They did not know that
the principle Ito him that hath shall be
given" applies to the lottery business. The
business man who had understood the prin-
ciple and received the gift found on ex
amining his package that the dealers had
forgotten, when putting in the ring, to re-